1976-05-31 Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland
Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since the 2000s, he has received various accolades, including three Golden Globe Awards and a nomination for an Academy Award. The Irish Times named him Ireland's fifth-greatest film actor in 2020, and Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. Farrell began acting in the BBC drama series Ballykissangel (1998) and made his film debut in the drama The War Zone (1999). His first lead film role was in the war drama Tigerland (2000), and he made his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg's science fiction film Minority Report (2002). He took on high-profile roles such as Bullseye in Daredevil (2003) and as Alexander the Great in Alexander (2004), with further starring roles in Michael Mann's Miami Vice (2006) and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream (2007). Farrell earned acclaim for playing a novice hitman in his first film with frequent collaborator Martin McDonagh, the dark comedy In Bruges (2008), winning a Golden Globe Award. He went on to play a variety of leading and character roles in the comedy Horrible Bosses (2011), the science fiction film Total Recall (2012), the drama Saving Mr. Banks (2013), the dark comedies Seven Psychopaths (2012) and The Lobster (2015), the thrillers The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), The Beguiled (2017), and Widows (2018), and the fantasy films Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Dumbo (2019). He also starred in the second season of HBO's thriller series True Detective (2015). Farrell played Oz Cobb/Penguin in the superhero film The Batman (2022) and the HBO series The Penguin (2024), winning a Golden Globe award for the latter. In 2022, he gained acclaim for his roles in the science fiction drama After Yang, the survival film Thirteen Lives, and McDonagh's drama The Banshees of Inisherin. For playing a naïve Irishman in the lattermost, he won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor and another Golden Globe, in addition to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor.
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Untitled The Batman Sequel | Oz / The Penguin | 2027-09-30 |
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Ballad of a Small Player | Lord Doyle | 2025-10-15 |
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A Big Bold Beautiful Journey | David | 2025-09-17 |
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On the Red Carpet Presents: The Banshees of Inisherin | Self | 2023-01-14 |
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After Yang | Jake | 2022-03-04 |
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The Batman | Oz / The Penguin | 2022-03-01 |
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The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin | 2022-10-20 |
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Thirteen Lives | John Volanthen | 2022-07-18 |
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Voyagers | Richard | 2021-04-08 |
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Ava | Simon | 2020-07-02 |
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The Gentlemen | Coach | 2020-01-01 |
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Artemis Fowl | Artemis Fowl I | 2020-05-29 |
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Street Leagues | Narrator | 2020-09-25 |
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Gloomy Eyes | (English dubbing) | 2019-01-18 |
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Dumbo | Holt Farrier | 2019-03-27 |
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Widows | Jack Mulligan | 2018-11-06 |
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer | Steven Murphy | 2017-10-20 |
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The Beguiled | Corporal McBurney | 2017-06-23 |
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Roman J. Israel, Esq. | George Pierce | 2017-11-17 |
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It's Not Yet Dark | Narrator (Voice) | 2016-07-09 |
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them | Percival Graves | 2016-11-16 |
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The Lobster | David | 2015-10-15 |
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Solace | Charles Ambrose | 2015-09-03 |
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Winter's Tale | Peter Lake | 2014-02-13 |
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Miss Julie | John | 2014-09-07 |
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Saving Mr. Banks | Travers Robert Goff | 2013-11-29 |
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Dead Man Down | Victor | 2013-03-08 |
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Epic | Ronin (voice) | 2013-05-15 |
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Total Recall | Douglas Quaid / Hauser | 2012-08-02 |
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Seven Psychopaths | Marty Faranan | 2012-10-12 |
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Fright Night | Jerry Dandrige | 2011-08-18 |
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Muide Éire | Himself | 2011-11-06 |
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Horrible Bosses | Bobby Pellitt | 2011-07-08 |
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London Boulevard | Harry Mitchel | 2010-11-10 |
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Ondine | Syracuse | 2010-03-05 |
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The Way Back | Valka | 2010-11-22 |
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Burma Soldier | Narrator (Voice) | 2010-11-01 |
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Crazy Heart | Tommy Sweet | 2009-12-16 |
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus | Imaginarium Tony 3 | 2009-10-01 |
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Triage | Mark Walsh | 2009-11-13 |
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Pride and Glory | Jimmy Eagan | 2008-09-09 |
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In Bruges | Ray | 2008-02-08 |
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Kicking It | Narrator (voice) | 2008-06-13 |
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Cassandra's Dream | Terry Blaine | 2007-10-31 |
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Miami Vice | Det. James 'Sonny' Crockett | 2006-07-27 |
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Ask the Dust | Arturo Bandini | 2006-02-02 |
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The New World | Captain Smith | 2005-12-25 |
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Becoming Alexander | Self | 2005-12-31 |
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2005-03-01 |
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Alexander | Alexander | 2004-11-21 |
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Biography: Val Kilmer | Self (archive footage) | 2004-11-17 |
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A Home at the End of the World | Bobby Morrow (1982) | 2004-07-23 |
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Daredevil | Bullseye | 2003-02-14 |
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Intermission | Lehiff | 2003-08-29 |
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The Recruit | James Clayton | 2003-01-31 |
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Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making 'Daredevil' | 2003-07-29 | |
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Phone Booth | Stu Shepard | 2003-01-06 |
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Making of Phone Booth | Self | 2003-03-25 |
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S.W.A.T. | Jim Street | 2003-08-08 |
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Veronica Guerin | Tattooed Boy | 2003-07-11 |
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Minority Report | Danny Witwer | 2002-06-20 |
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Hart's War | Lt. Thomas W. Hart | 2002-02-15 |
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American Outlaws | Jesse James | 2001-08-17 |
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Ordinary Decent Criminal | Alec | 2000-01-07 |
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Tigerland | Pvt. Roland Bozz | 2000-10-06 |
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The War Zone | Nick | 1999-06-11 |
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The Disappearance of Finbar | Simon | 1997-07-25 |
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Drinking Crude | Click | 1997-01-01 |
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Frankie Starlight | Young Man In Cinema No. 2 (uncredited) | 1995-11-22 |
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Ordained | Father Roy Craig | |
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Sgt. Rock | Sgt. Franklin John Rock | |
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Belly of the Beast | Jack Henry Abbott |
